ERIC ZUESSE—Lots of U.S. manufacturers will be hard-hit if Trump’s trade-war continues. Until now, his policies have been much better for America’s billionaires than for the American people; but, now, he is posing an enormous threat against America’s billionaires (including some of his donors), perhaps even more than against all other Americans.
Default Editor Patrice de Bergeracpas
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Hong Kong and the Audacity of the United States
15 minutes readPETER KOENIG—The oligarch Jimmy Lai uses his funds widely to finance protest leaders and protest groups. He also created his own National Party, with significant xenophobic connotations. Yet Mr. Lai is very close to the Trump Administration and met, along with many of his protest leaders, with the US envoy in Hong Kong, as well as with National Security Advisor John Bolton – and other US officials. On July 8, Mr. Jimmy Lai met US Vice President Mike Pence at the White House.
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TONHY CARTALUCCI—The NED itself is chaired by prominent American pro-war advocates as well as advocates for regime change. For example, NED board member Elliot Abrams is listed as “on leave” while he attempts to organize the overthrow of the Venezuelan government. Despite the organization’s name, the National Endowment for Democracy merely hides its regime change agenda behind the notion of “promoting democracy.”
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The Saker interviews Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi
34 minutes readSEYED M MARANDI—The Israeli regime constantly tells the Russians and the Chinese that they are the gateway to Washington and that if they maintain strong ties with Israel, the Israelis can help them solve their problems with the United States. I do not think there is much truth to that, because this growing conflict is about the fate of US global dominance and there is nothing the Israelis can do to change that. Nevertheless, this has been used as an incentive for the Russians and the Chinese to maintain better relations with the Israeli regime.
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The Amazon Rainforest is Burning as Bolsonaro Fans the Flames
13 minutes readNorway has directly accused Brazil of causing the deforestation of the Amazon and is not properly investing the money deposited by that country and Germany into the Amazon Fund, created in 2008 for the prevention, monitoring and preservation of the region. The Norwegian Government halted the remittance of 30 million dollars to Brazil. Mad, Bolsonaro shared fake news in his social media profiles. “Look at the killing of whales sponsored by Norway,” posted Bolsonaro, who usually complains that the media has a biased coverage.